Mahmud Dhiyab

Mahmud Dhiyab al-Ahmad was the Minister of Interior of Ba'athist Iraq from 28 May 2001 to 9 July 2003, succeeding Muhammad Zimam Abd al-Razzaq.

Biography
Mahmud Dhiyab al-Ahmad was a frequent cabinet member under Saddam Hussein's government in Iraq, with his ministries including Agriculture, Housing and Reconstruction, Irrigation, and the Interior, and he was a central figure in negotiating over water rights with Turkey and Syria. On 9 August 2003 he turned himself in to the United States occupation forces during the Iraq War and autographed Sergeant Mark Heinbaugh's playing card of him with the inscription, "with my respect". In July 2012, he was released from prison after completing his sentence.